This Is Bothering Me. HELP

[Moe Man]

Find the error. It's impossible!

AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
III
JJJ
KKK
LLL
MMM
NNN
OOO
PPP
QQQ
RRR
SSS
TTT
UUU
VVV
WWW
XXX
YYY
ZZZ

Did you know that 80% of UCSD students could not find the error above? :guns:

[JRSC00LUDE]

I know that 100% of me can't find it.

[HuyNh_SI]

:confused:

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Well what are we looking for? I refuse to give on this (until tomorrow...)

As far as I can tell, all you have is the alphabet 3 times, beside eachother. Is that the way it's supposed to be?

[saiyajin]

uhhhh... :dunno:

the error is its 3 letters and should just be 1 letter??

A
B
C...


hah i dunno

[sneek]

It's after the "the" and before the period.

[patrickj]

Originally posted by sneek
It's after the "the" and before the period.

this is actually the third time i've seen this, and you have probably the most reasonable answer. i agree with sneek

[ercchry]

or the answer is it's impossible but only 80% of the students got it right

or i have seen this riddle with different spelling of "it's" writen as "its" instead in the original question and thats the error but i dunno

[saiyajin]

maybe it shouldnt be two sentences?

Find the error, it's impossible!

cuz isnt "I am." the only shortest sentence ever? so "It's impossible!" isnt a sentence?

k nevermind i dont even know what im talking about anymore.. :nut:

[haunt]

The beginning statement says "It's impossible!." Because there is no error to find. Therefore, "Find the error," is the error in this problem because how can you find it if it's impossible.


Originally posted by sneek
It's after the "the" and before the period.

Than the question should be find the word 'error'.

[01RedDX]

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[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
Haha lower case L

I am a friggin genius :burnout:

I see no lowercase L... :confused:

[haunt]

Originally posted by ercchry
or the answer is it's impossible but only 80% of the students got it right

You mean 80% got it wrong. I agree, if it was impossible than it should be 100% of the students couldnt find the error.

[Ekliptix]

Here's a try,

It says that "It's impossible!". Therefore there is no error.

[euro_racer]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
Haha lower case L

I am a friggin genius :burnout:

haha damn it is lower case :thumbsup:

is that the error?

[Ekliptix]

Originally posted by euro_racer


haha damn it is lower case :thumbsup:

is that the error?
Someone point this out to me, I can't find a lower case L that shouldn't be there.

[Dj_Stylz]

Google pwns.


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061123193234AA9zHUX&show=7


Alrighty! This one has been floating around for a very long time and this is the Third instance of the same riddle i've seen. I will cover it accordingly and supply the Answer so bare with me

The Riddle!
Correct Version....
In all instances of this riddle you notice that the title states "Find the Error" , Or "Find The Error For Me", or "Can you find The Error". The Title is the KEY.. Notice how it just ask you to "Find The Error" it does NOT however state "What" kind of Error.. This is pretty much the meat and potatoes of the Trick Question..

Incorrect Versions...
Now there are some instances that actualy go as far as to say " Find the Error in The Alphabet". These titles are incorrect and defeat the purpose of the Riddle.. Fact of the matter is There IS NO ERROR in the Alphabet, or should NOT be.. But since the title was posted wrong, this confuses the Readers to the REAL problem and answer..
Some have even "Intentionaly" distorted the alphabet by adding a "0" into the mix instead of the "O". Now this is tricky, yes, but once again. Incorrect, and defeats the purpose of "Misdirection"

Also another mistake people make is they "Repost" The riddle by hand INSTEAD of just copyiing and pasting it the way they should. So it gets distorted as it moves on. This case is NO exception. The mistake made in this instance is with the sentence
"find the error. it's impossible" <- this is the incorrect version
it should be
"find the error. its impossible"<-This is the Correct version
Notice how in the "Correct Version" of the Riddle, I Intentionaly Neglected the Apostrophe between the "t" and "s" :) That is because THIS is the Error the reader is supposed to find. It's a grammatical Error NOT an Alphabetical.

The Answer!
The Error Is Not In The Alphabet
Now since we know what the Real Version Is, let's cover the Answer. As said.. the Title is a "Trick" Question.. when stated correctly, the Reader "Assumes" that the error WANTED is in the Alphabet , even though it was not Directly Stated, so you search the entire Alphabet for Anything that could be possibly seen as "Wrong" but this is intentional Miss direction..

The Error SHOULD be in the actual question ABOVE the alphabet list .

"find the error. its impossible"

Notice how in "Its impossible", there is no apostrophe between the "t" and "s".. At least when this riddle is posted "Correctly", there should be "NO Apostrophe"..
The absences of the apostrophe is the "Error" of which the reader is supposed to find..
Conclusion..
When you repost this riddle be sure you just have the title read "Find The Error" and try not to convert it in any way.
Also never try to retype the riddle by hand unless you KNOW exactly how it's stated. People already tend to make grammatical errors when typing as is and others tend to make NO mistakes whatsoever , either way , this this distorts the Riddle...




:poosie:

[haunt]

I like my answer better :poosie:

[ercchry]

Originally posted by haunt


You mean 80% got it wrong. I agree, if it was impossible than it should be 100% of the students couldnt find the error.

no i mean 80% got the question right because they DID NOT find an error and 20% got it wrong because they found an error

[theken]

you spelt "it's" correctly so there is no error

[death_rabbits]

Originally posted by theken
you spelt &quot;it's&quot; correctly so there is no error

ya, you totally fucked us!

[heinz256]

boooourns

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by death_rabbits


ya, you totally fucked us!

:werd:

[DepTrotter]

ahahha damnit i spent a couple minutes looking over the alpha-bet

mfpwnd

[adidas]

All i know is that there is a KKK up there which is a no-no in the black community! :poosie:

[Hoey]

Originally posted by saiyajin
maybe it shouldnt be two sentences?

Find the error, it's impossible!

cuz isnt &quot;I am.&quot; the only shortest sentence ever? so &quot;It's impossible!&quot; isnt a sentence?

k nevermind i dont even know what im talking about anymore.. :nut:

Actually "Run!" is the shortest correct sentence in the english language.

EDIT: BTW the riddle was fucken gay.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by Hoey


Actually &quot;Run!&quot; is the shortest correct sentence in the english language.

EDIT: BTW the riddle was fucken gay.

No

[toyboy88]

way to post an incorrect riddle in the first place...you find YOUR error :rolleyes: :nut: